1.(Bible) a.Old Testamentthe second son of Jacob and Leah b.the tribe descended from him c.the territory once occupied by this tribe in the extreme south of the land of Canaan 2.(Bible)New Testamenta devout Jew, who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah and uttered the canticleNu...
Behind them approaches the prophetess Anna, her hands folded in prayer. The Bible relates that she “was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks ...
36There was also a prophet,Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,37and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[e]She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and ...